Home run Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a base hit on which the batter scores a run
    homer.
  2. noun something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal
    bull's eye; bell ringer; mark.
    • the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer
    • scored a bull's eye
    • hit the mark
    • the president's speech was a home run

WordNet

Definitions
  1. . (a) A running or returning toward home, or to the point from which the start was made. Cf. Home stretch. (b) (Baseball) See under Home.
Definitions
  1. (Baseball), a complete circuit of the bases made before the batted ball is returned to the home base.

Webster 1913